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Arizona ranks 6th in nation for clean energy job creation

A new report says
Arizona ranks sixth in the nation for creating jobs related to clean energy and
transportation.

The study by
the E2 Environmental Entrepreneur group and the Natural Resources Defense
Council says Arizona ranked behind California, North Carolina, Florida,
Illinois and Connecticut in clean energy
and transportation job growth in 2012.

E2 spokesman
Bob Keefe said Arizona’s abundant natural resources and strong state incentives
for green energy are responsible for the rapid job growth: “What
you’ve seen there in the valley of the sun is a lot of solar installations
coming online and started in the past year.
There were 14 announcements for all of last year that led to the
creation of 4,000 jobs in Arizona.”

For
instance, Keefe said 400 new jobs were created with the installation of a
photovoltaic plant in Yuma, and another 300 jobs at a solar farm in Pima County
last year. He said the state’s top ten
ranking in the national survey means more clean energy jobs are probably on the
way for Arizona this year.

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